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and we knew that the ball was going from
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the outside inside the taking out the
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crosses it meant that we had to create
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in tight spaces through the middle and
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we needed players there with that
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characteristics this is the game we're
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talking about is the the Cup Final the
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Dutch uh FA Cup Final against ax played
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in Rotterdam always in in the National
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Stadium and it's the fourth time we we
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played the Ajax and it's obviously the
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yeah the biggest rivalry in town so play
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to play a cup final against them was was
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was a big thing and uh so everything
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leading up to it was uh was focused on
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that I choose Joel druml to to play the
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all the cup games from from the start he
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didn't start in the league but all the
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cup games until the final he played did
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really well I thought that he deserved
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that chance to play uh because he's
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shown great uh quality in training and
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his attitude was fantastic and I think
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with his age he um he's also one for the
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future so I I gave him that opportunity
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and and and all the confidence that goes
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along with it to uh to start all the cup
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games so drwall in goal uh right back
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yodan
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taser uh yordan is a um he he played a
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lot of games as well in his career as a
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center back I I I liked it a lot to use
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him as a right back because many times
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we did a three buildup and he came a
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little bit more
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Central um um with the other center
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backs shifting a little bit and the left
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back goes into Midfield or higher up he
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he he has a great pass and and his
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passing option
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um get bigger um when when he's playing
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more on the inside he is a very good
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cross very good passer of the ball good
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Pace um in that game it was also
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important uh to play against bur wine
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with his pace and to handle that Andre
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romalo Center back one of the leaders of
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the team experienced fantastic
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professional very very strong in the
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jewels headers one to one Jewel
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uh and as I said one of the leaders of
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the team who who led the team uh through
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difficult phases that we we Face also
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during the season but also in in this
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game left Center back Jared
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brentway uh well uh I don't have to
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introduce him to the to the public now
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because he's doing fantastic at at
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Everton obviously he had a fantastic
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development in in the season uh
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especially the second half of the Season
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he showed show um great quality on and
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off the ball uh the touches he has with
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the left and right in the buildup but
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also defensively the jewels he's he was
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winning and also with the pace he has uh
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because we we we we like to press high
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and and be high up on the pitch so you
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have to be on the halfway line so he
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wasn't afraid to to do that so so
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fantastic Center them too they developed
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as as a very good Center in uh during
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this the second half of the Season
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leading up to the final uh left back uh
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Patrick van anal played in also in um in
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uh Premier League Of course experienced
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guy one of the leaders as well in the
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dressing room attacking left back good
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on the ball aggressive um great Pace
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good good in Crossing as well which
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which against aox was one of the
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main uh Focus points to to to beat them
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um
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two players in the Midfield two holding
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midfielders one um the more holding
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midfielders Ibrahim shangar obviously
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now at at at Forest uh and the other one
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Joey verman he's more in eight is's the
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one more who who comes and and goes box
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to box very good on the ball ibraim
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fantastic in in winning the ball in
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jewels in and and and also decent in the
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buildup play playing playing forward so
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so very a Duo that's that's very
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complimentary in that
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sense um Wings Yan bakayoko on the right
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wing he he he came through the ranks
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with me when I coached the under 19s and
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the second team in the championship and
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together in the first team the first
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half of the Season that was non M there
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still and and on the left side Cody
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gakpo and we had to sell them on in in
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in Winter after the winter um it this it
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was bakayoko playing here and I played
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Chavis Simmons on the other Wing that
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was more uh on the outside without the
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ball because with the ball he tends to
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come inside playing in the half spaces
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and with Patrick van
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arold uh going higher up and attacking
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there it was it was a good partnership
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on the left side and the the nine and
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the 10 they played behind or next to
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each other uh who
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still a very Dynamic midfielder um is
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very good in pressing the ball in in in
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defense and arriving in the box is a
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very good uh timing especially in The
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Blind Side of Defenders you know is
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attacking the box and and very good in
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finishing crosses Luke D young our
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captain the leader of the team uh guy
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with a lot of exper experienced and and
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uh uh without the balls very very clever
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in in in recognizing the the build up of
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the opponent and and how to handle the
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pressure in that sense also with the
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ball you know teams that press was high
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we have always L to to find and Hold Up
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play and Third Man underneath and we can
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play on of course his his trademark Aris
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headers arguably one of the best headers
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in in in in football timing his his runs
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he's making and the connection he can
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make with the head but also with the
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feet to finish uh the passes especially
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if crosses he's uh outstanding in that
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sense that uh that was our
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lineup out of possession we we planned
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um to be in a mid
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Block in a 442 formation we knew Ajax is
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is is is um team in possession with a
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lot of rotation they like to to to
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rotate the wings with the right back
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higher and and the Winger Barrack house
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inside to create a double 10 and a
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double six like a square in the middle
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so a lot of rotations also on the on the
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left side they did a similar thing with
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bur wine and taish went to to the to the
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right half space and harto got a bit
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higher up got midfielders dropping in to
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to to collect the ball and and to to
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create a 3v2 in this situation so we had
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to solve a lot of
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tactical uh situations in the game as I
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said the the partnership Luke D young
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and and who still were very clever in
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that and what what was the main thing in
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the game that Ajax had a lot of
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possession around us we didn't really
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bother with that sometimes we tried we
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pressed with with the nine and the 10
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forcing the ball out and and go go out
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with with 11 to press and really shift
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over and and and attack the ball and try
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to win the ball in in this area and and
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try to um to Counterattack straight away
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uh finishing on on the side obviously
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where where the left back in this uh uh
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was was higher and and there's a lot of
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space on on the on the other side um
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then again they had a lot of possession
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um where we did uh where we were really
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aggressive was when the ball was played
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to the sides we were close on on the
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Wingers and when the ball was played in
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our block we were really pressing the
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ball forcing the ball backwards um of
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course uh brby is a very strong player
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with Tadich he's also very good in
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holding the ball so that's where uh
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Jared and ralo were were key in this
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game in the personal duels with with
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brby also with Tadich because sometimes
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we had to be one V one against them uh
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One V one here One V one there and our
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uh two midfielders were were on top of
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their midfielders uh Classen and
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grich um that made it a game with with
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with a lot of jewels with a lot of
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transition
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moments um in that sense um we we we
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wanted to win the second balls and and
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try to play from there and open up again
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to uh to to play our games um so from
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the mid block uh keep the tight uh
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spaces in um in Midfield and when we had
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to drop we had to be really compact in a
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442 um in our own
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half to uh to defend uh really well uh
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we did that very well uh we we conceded
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a goal through an own goal but in the 90
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minutes plus extra time we didn't
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concede a single shot on target so we
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were controlling the game although we we
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we had less a lot less of possession
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against Ajax that
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day the moments of possession where we
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had the kept the ball after winning it a
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little bit longer and getting in our
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formation to attack um we we'd like to
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be in a buildup with three with Taser
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ramalo in the middle and and brandway on
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the side um Ajax are are are very man
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orientated um so but they changed that a
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little bit in the final um I think in
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the in the in the previous games because
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they were so man
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orientated that there were a lot of one
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v w jewels and we managed to reach the
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the sides through the middle so so going
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through the middle and then through the
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sixes and the 10 the double 10 and the
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double six we used to get um the Wingers
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in place and especially for example the
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charity Shield game the first game of
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the season my first competitive game
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with the first team we had Cody gakpo on
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the left side and Cody was was fantastic
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in One V ones and he also knew when he
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was cutting into his right foot then we
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had uh Luke
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dong ftil and in that game also bakayoko
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who were playing against Timber and
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blint and windall and yeah these these
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two guys are 6'2 bakayoko not that long
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but blint and Timber and Vall were yeah
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had a lost Le less height of course it's
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important that this player is making a
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connection run off the ball here so or
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the midfielder um is is is running with
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him and he cannot make a twv one against
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gakpo or the center back is going taking
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the man from the the number six that
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means um that means that um
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that here we are in a 3v2 situation in
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front of the goal and and that's where
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the situation that we wanted to to be in
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um so I think especially in the 35 that
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we were able to beat them in the charity
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Shield that we made the difference with
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with crosses gakpo with a couple of
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assist on who still arriving on The
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Blind Side of players in the box and and
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and and ax play drop quite early so it
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gives it gives the the runners a chance
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you know to to gain momentum and and
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arrive at the spaces that we
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wanted in the final that Dynamics uh
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changed because um they were really
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tight on our
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Wingers and one of the sixes um were
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covering so
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that means that our this is Dan Van
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Arnold as as a as a left back on the
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ball that means they were really tight
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on him and one of the sixes was making a
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2v one so really forced the ball again
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inside and here they were shifting to uh
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cover the spaces that meant that we had
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to play outside inside and depending on
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the the tide spaces to make via
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combination play to to create chances um
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also on this side similar thing hat
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really tight on on bakayoko the shifting
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and the six that was covering especially
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because he was left
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footed taking the cross out of the game
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and forcing the ball inside and the
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quality of of tail is arriving for
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crosses not so much in creating in in
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small spaces so that was where they did
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well you know to take out the the
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crosses that uh that gave us the wins
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basically in in previous
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games of course on the bench during the
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second half with with the coaching staff
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we we analyzed uh the
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problem um and we were discussing the
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the change to make and we knew that the
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ball was going from the outside inside
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the taking out the crosses it meant that
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we had to create in tight spaces through
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the middle and we needed players there
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with that characteristics so um we made
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the change to uh Anar algazi he came in
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for yoan bakayoko a right footed Winger
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he can go more on the outside so the the
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the doubling is not so much of an issue
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he can go outside and and come with
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early crosses because we still had Luke
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D young there we wanted to to uh to to
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give the momentum of the crosses and
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here we wanted players that can create
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in small spaces so Javis Simmons came
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from this position to the right half
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space and tan hazar came in on the wing
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position in the in the in the
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partnership with Van Arnold
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F Arnold higher and toan hazar on the
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inside so two number 10 in really number
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tens in quality and in in in in a play
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where uh the ball came from uh Outside
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Inside um with with Simons with with an
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individual uh action and ball in the in
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the box where hazar arrived for the for
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the equalizer um that that was obviously
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a big moment for us to get back into the
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game ax um also made the changes uh of
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course um Bessie came in on on the left
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side of left Center back uh Alvarez on
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the right they put Timber in in
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Midfield um with Classon Tage as a 10
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two quick Wingers uh conesa and and and
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Bur and of course brby up front this
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this threat of of the speed of of bur
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wine and conesa very good dribbler on
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the ball brby always a threat in in his
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holding up play and also very quick
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Tadich so you know um we we we evened
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each other out I think in the final and
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uh and and controlled each other uh two
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moments where where where the goals came
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from and uh not even also in in uh in
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extra time there weren't a lot of
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chances I make a substitution with Luke
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D young for faio Silva as well in the
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end Javi Simmons I changed as well I put
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vman on 10 and guti holding Midfield
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player with with
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sangare that also provided the the
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practice of the penalties in the week um
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leading up to uh to the final where we
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knew knew who were our best penalty
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takers and especially in number four and
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number five we knew um through research
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that the number four and five is
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obviously the most important ones to
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take and we had uh Fabio Silva and Anar
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algazi um to be in the four or the five
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and they both came up to me uh they said
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Gea I'm five and Fabio was first so he
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he he was fifth I said to Omar you're
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you can't be fifth anymore you're fourth
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um so in that sense we had all the
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players on the pitch that we knew that
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was going to take the penalty kicks as
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well from my own experience uh I think
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it's very important when when when when
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you're about to take a penalty kick
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don't rush it that's what I shared with
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the players it's like okay it's an
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important moment you're you're breath
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you're going to start breathing you know
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it's going to be it's going to be
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intense it's going to be a lot of
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tension there put the ball down go back
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and don't take it too quickly was was
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was was my advice from own experience
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because you know you got to get your
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heart rate down by by breathing you got
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to focus on where you're going to take
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it uh depends on if you are uh uh a
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player who knows where he's going to
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take it but there are also players who
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waiting for the goalkeeper and I wanted
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that to be clear so you're either one or
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the other and do that and don't change
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so it in that sense it's clear and then
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you can always score you can always miss
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but it gives you the best option to
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score um and and in that sense we did
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well number five was Silva elghazi
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scored the fourth one and and and that
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gave us the the cup the cup win yeah it
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was fantastic I mean uh what it's like
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in in a cup final with with with the
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half of the stadium filled with your own
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crowd and of course it's it's it's such
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an important Final in in the end in a
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final are always important but
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especially against your Rivals to be
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able to win it in in a really tense
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situation through penalty kicks of
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course it's it's it's a great thing and
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you re you realize that with with the
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people and with the coaching staff and
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and all the staff members uh I was
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really proud you know to to to to to be
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able to be part of that and share it
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with the players especially Joel druml
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the goalkeeper
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who I trusted and and confidence uh my
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confidence in him was really high of
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course the media was speculating that I
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was risking the the trophy that we were
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able to win but he did fantastic he he
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made a difference in the Cup Tournament
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and also in the penalty shootout where
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he stopped Alvarez's penalty and and was
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basically the hero of the of the penalty
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shootout so it was a special moment to
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uh to celebrate that with him
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